Example sentences of "[noun] was said [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On admission , the child 's condition was said to be good , and she had fully recovered by the autumn . |
| 2 | They were taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where their condition was said to be stable . |
| 3 | Mr Deacon , whose condition was said to be stable , had been transferred to Middlesbrough from Bishop Auckland General . |
| 4 | The outlook was said to be hopeless , and they started the journey back to Wales . |
| 5 | The princess was said to be furious and Channel 4 came under fierce attack from MPs who said the drawings were highly insulting . |
| 6 | ‘ In particular , ’ the FT wrote , ‘ Smith 's management was said to be uncommunicative regarding the DIY business , although an analysts ’ visit next week is intended to set out future strategy . ’ |
| 7 | The boy was said to be calm after his 15-minute ordeal . |
| 8 | Last night PC Hall was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 9 | In some cases registration was said to be complete when no one had been entered on lists at all . |
| 10 | Knox modestly demurred , but the meeting was said to be happy and humorous . |
| 11 | Investigations — fundoscopy , serum potassium , and chest radiography — varied substantially , up to one quarter of physicians rounded the blood pressure reading up to 10 mm Hg , and although risk factor intervention was said to be important , cholesterol measurement was done by as few as 27% of clinicians . |
| 12 | However Di was said to be furious about the tapes , which a book says are of her voice . |
| 13 | Redundancy pay of one point four million pounds was said to be excessive . |
| 14 | Our evidence was said to be flawed because : WE could be accused of setting up Marshall for an offence she would not have otherwise committed . |
| 15 | His condition last night was said to be poorly . |
| 16 | However , whether the appointment was said to be express or by necessarily holding the debtor out with ostensible authority such an appointment must in practice be a very rare event . |
| 17 | Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was said to be willing to use the 25-year-old Londoner as bait for Queens Park Rangers ' , coveted striker Les Ferdinand . |
| 18 | Last night the teenager was said to be serious but stable after surgery at London 's King 's College Hospital . |
| 19 | When Ps. lanisticola was first described by Dr Warren Burgess in 1976 , the hobby was in general not impressed , as the new species was said to be similar in appearance to livingstonii with the main difference being in the dentition . |
| 20 | The flames were put out in good time and the donkey was said to be fit for the final , against Preston North End . |
| 21 | The government was said to be anxious that the Iraqi-Kurdish refugee crisis should not provide an opportunity for either Syria or Iran to extend its influence in the region . |
| 22 | In the aftermath of the war the government was said to be concerned over Turkey 's increasingly prominent international role . |
| 23 | As of late February Monrovia was said to be calm , with emergency food and other supplies flowing in , and some shops reopening , although relief agencies emphasised that people were still dying from starvation . |
| 24 | The event was supposed to be staged a couple of weeks back , but was postponed because Lewis was said to be unwell and still in America . |
| 25 | Oakley was said to be sceptical that the peace could hold . |
| 26 | Although the Sandinistas have repeatedly pledged democratic elections in February , Mr Arias was said to be fearful that a failure to disarm , relocate or disband the contras could provoke a Sandinista cross-border sweep against the rebels and cancellation of the polls . |
| 27 | Although the Sandinistas have repeatedly pledged democratic elections in February , Mr Arias was said to be fearful that a failure to disarm , relocate or disband the contras could provoke a Sandinista cross-border sweep against the rebels and cancellation of the polls . |
| 28 | The plane was said to be intact , though the cockpit was smashed . |
| 29 | The protection of wildlife was said to be germane to both China 's economic and ethical development . |
| 30 | Craig Lambrecht , a 16-year-old schoolboy , was badly wounded but his condition in hospital was said to be stable . |